Remember Midnight Special

Yes I do!

My best friend and I would always watch it at her house - my parents wouldn't let me stay up that late watching TV. That, combined with our ambition to play professional roller derby for the LA Thunderbirds was a big part of my Junior High years. I had a great childhhod - what a blessing it was.

Oh Rz!!! I had completely forgotten about Midnight Special! I had a girlfriend and I who always checked out who was to be on and plan for a late night. Just seeing the add is a hoot.... would be hysterical to see some of those acts from the 70's!

Wasn't that info-mercial great??? I watched it for the longest time--it almost makes me want to purchase the collection! But if you buy it, then we'll just go on a field trip to your house to watch it!!!!

Now playbaseball... you know that you have a standing invite for that college visit at my house. However, wouldn't it be a blast to have all the HSBBW moms together watching Midnight Special at Rz's (if he has a very understanding spouse) or just make that trip to my house! Think we'd have to have some of Luvbb's wine stash to go with it and we'd have ourselves a very fun time!

I don't need the added pressure of the HSBBW gals lurking around Madison after hitting Luvbb's wine skin My rep in liberalville may be tainted, but I don't need that cloud over me. As a HSBBW group it may be managable, but add my wife to the mix as the more than willing tour guide, 70's music, and you'd have the recipe for a long weekend.

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Originally posted by rz1:
you'd have the recipe for a long weekend.

Yah, hey dere!

I remember watching it when they announced that Jim Croce had died. They played Time in a Bottle and showed some video of him playing with his son. He died September 20, 1973.

His death preceeded the release of one of his most popular albums, "I've Got a Name." Some songs from that album"=:

"I Got a Name" (Fox, Gimbel) - 3:09
"Lover's Cross" (Croce) - 3:02
"Five Short Minutes" (Croce) - 3:32
"Age" (Croce) - 3:44
"Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" (Croce) - 2:29
"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" (Croce) - 2:28
"Saloon and Saloon" (Muehleisen) - 2:30
"Thursday" (Joseph) - 2:20
"Top Hat Bar and Grille" (Croce) - 2:48
"Recently" (Croce) - 2:31
"The Hard Way Every Time" (Croce) - 2:24

All of these are great songs. I think my favorite is "Recently." However, "Lover's Cross" is a very close second.

CoachB,

The more I think about it the more I feel that this is my time capsule. Music is a part of our lives and the thoughts of specific songs or artist seems to stir the complete memory bank.

Despite my fear of the HSBBW gals invading Madison with pj's and wine sacks in hand I'm going to put my order in before I forget the product even exists.

Burt Sugarman's The Midnight Special happened to be aired almost exactly during the same years when I had no meaningful access to television...I have no recollection of this program whatsoever.

I haven't seen any artists or songs for this DVD (or other format) but I'd like to take a survey on what will be included.

My choices starts with:

Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show - Silvia's Mother and/or Cover of the Rolling Stone.

(SONGS/ARTIST NOT LISTED ON THE LINK PROVIDED!!!)

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
Burt Sugarman's The Midnight Special happened to be aired almost exactly during the same years when I had no meaningful access to television...I have no recollection of this program whatsoever.

Got, when did you get released?

rz,

It's funny how we relate to music, isn't it? There are certain songs that not only tug on my heart, but I'm immediately transformed to the 12 or 14 or 16 or 21 year old that I was when it was in the radio....and have the exact feelings and know exactly what I was doing and even remember the smells....It's magic.

There is a radio show called "Rock and Roll Roots" on Sunday mornings (7-10) in Chicago on WDRV (97.1) If you are ever in Chicago early on a Sunday, tune in, you'll love it. It is fabulous--it features a lot of obscure music from the Beatle era to the mid-70's...and once in a while, the host, Bob Stroud, will feature a "Time Warp"--exactly what was on the radio on that date in one particular year---including the commercials. I think because of licensing, you cannot access that show on the internet. But the station does have an internet program called "Deep Tracks" that is almost as good. Plays a lot of what FM USED to be.....

Tune in (wdrv.com) and let me know what you think!

Shhh. I didn't get released rz...I escaped!

gotwood, and that is why you walk around saying, "The reason we're all here is because we're not all there!"

You know Coach...when you're not all there you need some help from time to time.

I suppose that would justify my claiming our four cats on our 1040 form as thinking brain cats...similar to others with a seeing eye dog.

Posted December 03, 2006 08:56 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRtAJy2nFVM

my quiet evenings.................

I remember hearing a great live version back in the late 70's, and this was the best one I found.